chem1st Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I've noticed a fair few people I know who used to a smoke are now addicted to NRT. Instead of being addicted to fags, they are addicted to the gum. Have you noticed anyone get addicted to the NRT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I've noticed a fair few people I know who used to a smoke are now addicted to NRT. Instead of being addicted to fags, they are addicted to the gum. Have you noticed anyone get addicted to the NRT? Got to be better than a long slow death caused by smoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I did that. I found quitting Nicorette gum even harder than quitting fags. It took me over a year to give up the gum. I realised in hindsight that it was making me feel quite ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 Got to be better than a long slow death caused by smoking. You can OD from NRT, it is not without it's dangers. You might aswell say it's better for your health to be a chronic alcoholic than be on gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 You can OD from NRT, it is not without it's dangers. You might aswell say it's better for your health to be a chronic alcoholic than be on gear. If by "gear" you mean heroin, the latter statement is palpably false; whereas nicotine patches are definitely less harmful than cigarettes, as they contain only one toxic ingredient instead of innumerable ones. Less harmful does not, of course, mean entirely harmless; but nobody should refuse to cut down a risk on the grounds that they won't be eliminating it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 You can OD from NRT, it is not without it's dangers. You might aswell say it's better for your health to be a chronic alcoholic than be on gear. The dangers/shortcomings of taking any legal product will be well documented anyone with a bit of commonsense would not get into that situation.As for OD ing from taking NRT , you might be right, but help is only a trip to the doctors away before it gets that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 The dangers/shortcomings of taking any legal product will be well documented anyone with a bit of commonsense would not get into that situation.As for OD ing from taking NRT , you might be right, but help is only a trip to the doctors away before it gets that bad. There are NO long term studies yet. And doctors are encouraged to give out NRT, they are encouraged to push NRT onto the public, and NRT is advertised on the TV. The TV adverts make NRT look 'cool'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 There are NO long term studies yet. And doctors are encouraged to give out NRT, they are encouraged to push NRT onto the public, and NRT is advertised on the TV. The TV adverts make NRT look 'cool'. If there are no long term studies how do you know it is possible to OD, but then a fool could OD on any number of everyday products even water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 If by "gear" you mean heroin, the latter statement is palpably false; whereas nicotine patches are definitely less harmful than cigarettes, as they contain only one toxic ingredient instead of innumerable ones. Less harmful does not, of course, mean entirely harmless; but nobody should refuse to cut down a risk on the grounds that they won't be eliminating it. That doesn't make it less harmful. It depends upon how it is administered, how it interacts with other things etc. You can take nicotine in a variety of ways now, you can snort it, breath it in, chew gum, wear patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 That doesn't make it less harmful. It most certainly does. Removing harmful chemicals from a substance can, by definition, only make it less harmful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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